Paulitschke, Philipp#
b. Cěrmákovice, Czech Republic (then Cěrmakowitz), Sept. 24, 1854, d. Vienna, Dec. 11, 1899, geographer, ethnologist, lecturer at the University of Vienna. Travelled throughout Europe, Egypt and the Sudan, in 1884/85 explored North-Eastern Africa with D. Kammel von Hardegger, there he discovered the natural wonder of Alêjo-Díble, which he called Franz Josef's gorge.
Works#
Die geograph. Erforschung des afrikan. Kontinents, 1876; Die Sudanlaender, 1884; Die geograph. Erforschung der Adallaender und Harrars in O-Afrika, 1888; Ethnographie NO-Afrikas, 2 vols., 1893/1896.Literature#
OeBL.